Social Justice
Marty Watson had just put gas in her tank when the episode started. Police have not responded to a request for comment.
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Petition calls for end to diversity, equity & inclusion in Downingtown schools
When someone forwarded Brandyn Campbell a petition calling for the end of diversity programs in her child's school district, she felt hurt and disappointed.
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Extreme heat is worse for low-income, nonwhite Americans, a new study shows
The journal Earth's Future provides one of the most detailed looks to date at how differences in heat extremes break down along racial and socioeconomic lines.
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MOVE bombing victim remains from Penn have been returned, family says
The university’s investigation into mishandling of victims’ remains from the 1985 bombing is ongoing.
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Attempts to suppress Black voters have evolved, but not ceased
The case of Hervis Rogers, a Black Texas resident facing years in prison for illegally voting, is the latest in the war for American democracy.
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PA students can repeat the school year. And, the Paralympics are coming up - what does accessibility mean for the disabled community? Plus, The Voice winner Cam Anthony!
Air Date: July 12, 2021
Listen 49:22University of Delaware to explore slavery legacy at the Newark campus
UD joins a consortium studying how the work of people held in slavery, or those who held people as slaves, influenced the history of the schools.
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Charlottesville removes Robert E. Lee statue that sparked a deadly rally
The city of Charlottesville, Va., removed a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on Saturday, toppling a symbol that was at the center of the deadly Unite the Right rally
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Confederate monument that sparked deadly Charlottesville rally to be removed Saturday
The statue of Robert E. Lee that sparked the deadly Unite the Right rally four years ago in Charlottesville, Va., will be removed Saturday, the city council announced Friday.
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Community leader Sarun Chan said the threat illustrated the dangers Asian people face and called for law enforcement to investigate further.
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More abortion restrictions have been enacted in the U.S. this year than in any other
State legislatures have passed at least 90 laws restricting the procedure in 2021 so far, finds a report released this month from the Guttmacher Institute.
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Mount Laurel community says white neighbor’s racist rant is the tip of the iceberg
Edward Mathews’ racist rant against a Black neighbor, captured on viral video, has left a mark on what neighbors describe as a peaceful, multi-cultural community.
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Historians are searching for stories of enslaved people who built the White House
Three markers at the northern end of Lafayette Square — where it meets H Street and Black Lives Matter Plaza — will outline the history of slavery and the White House.
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VIDEO: Frederick Douglass’ descendants deliver his ‘Fourth of July’ speech
In this short film, five young descendants of Frederick Douglass read and respond to excerpts of his famous speech, "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?"
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This 1983 feminist film was set in the dystopian future, so basically right now
Born in Flames is an entertaining, energetic mélange of punk and science fiction, set in the not-too-distant future (which is to say, around now).
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